in 1843, and their titles were for the most part re-issued and confirmed in 1845 were Jardine, Matheson and Co.; Heerjebhoy Rustomjee; John Dent and Co.; MacVicar and Co.; Gemmel and Co.; John Smith; D. Rustomjee; Gribble, Hughes and Co.; Lindsay and Co.; Hooker and Lane; Holliday and Co.; F. Leighton and Co.; Innes, Fletcher and Co.; Jamieson and How; Fox, Rawson and Co.; Turner and Co.; Robert Webster; R. Gully; Charles Hart; Captain Larkins; P.F. Robertson; Captain Wm. Morgan; Dirom and Co.; Pestonjee Cowasjee; Framjee Jansetjee; and Henry Pybus.
These names constantly occur in old deeds and land transactions, and are also associated with much of the waterfront property and old godowns, at West Point (such as those mentioned yesterday) and at Spring Gardens (which it is intended to deal with later). They were the pioneers, and the first settlers, and later a number of the heads of these firms and other individuals became the Colony's first Justices of the Peace.
The original list of unofficial J.P.'s (appointed in 1843) representing the leading merchants, might here be given. A Jardine, A. Matheson, W. Morgan, W. Stewart, G. Braine, J. Dent, F.C. Drummond, D.L. Burn, W. LeGeyt, P. Dudgeon, T.W.L. Mackean, H. Dundas, C. Kerr, J.F. Edger, A. Fletcher, J.A. Gibb, W.P. Livingston, W. Gray, H.R. Parker, J. Holliday, J. Wise, J.A. Mercer, P. Stewart, J. White, A. Wilkinson and J.M. Smith. Several also appear in partnerships, such as Jardine, Matheson, and Co., Gibb, Livingston and Co., and Holliday, Wise and Co., the two former being still in existence.
The early abandonment of the Medical Mission property on Morrison Hill is indicated as far back as 1858, in a plan which shows these premises, with the terse comment "ruin". This brings us to a consideration of a picturesque ruin which is still to be seen on Jardine's Lookout, and is illustrated here.
The name of this place might be explained in more detail. Tradition has it that the heads of Jardines established a lookout point there, where it was easy to see ships arriving in Shekpywan bay, and signal the fact to East Point. In due course a house was built, on the high ridge running to Mount Caroline (a peak of over 1,400 feet which should not be confused with Caroline Hill, in Sookunpoo valley), and this ridge has ever since been known as Jardine's Lookout.
The house is probably the only ruin still remaining in the island, and is of some historic importance. Owing to the ground being subsequently incorporated in a reservoir catchment area, it has not come within the scope of the speculative builder or any Government development scheme. So the ruins stand to-day, mute witness to a period of local history which deserves a permanent record; even though the crumbling bricks yearly fall away, and the site, still showing a cemented court and outhouses, is practically forgotten, except that picnickers occasionally wander amid its crumbling masonry.
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in 1843, and their titles were for the most part re-issued and confirmed in 1845 were Jardine, latheson and Co. .; Heerjebhoy Rustomjee; john Dent and Co.; lacVicar and Co.; Gemmel and Co.; John Smith; D. Rustomjee; Gribble, Hughes and Co.; Lindsay and Co.; Hooker and Lane; Holliday and Co.; F. Leighton and Co.; Innes, Fletcher and Co.; Jamieson an How; Fox, Rawson and Co.; Turner and Co.; Robert Webster; R. Gully; Charles Hart; Captain Larkins ; P.F. Robertson; Captain Wn. Morgan; Diron and Co.; Pestonjee Cowasjee; Framjee Jansetjee; and Henry Pybus.
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These names constantly occur in old deeds and land trans- actions, and are also associated with much of the waterfront property and old godowns, at West Point (such as those mentioned yesterday) and at Spring Gardens (which it is intended to deal with later). They were the pioneers, and the first setllers, and later a number of the heads of these firms and other individuals became the Colony's first Justices of the Peace.
The original list of unofficial J.P.'s (appointed in 1843) representing the leading nerchants, might here be given. A Jardine, A. latheson, W. Morgan, W. Stewart, G. Braine, J. Dent, F.C. Drummond, D.L. Burn, W.LeGeyt, P.Dudgeon, T.W.L. Mackean, H. Dundas, C. Kerr, J.F. Edger, A. Fletcher, J.A. Gibb, W.P. Livingston, W. Gray, H.R. Parker, J. Holliday, J. Wise, J.A. Mercer, P. Stewart, J. White, A. Wilkinson and J.M. Smith. Several also appear in partnerships, such as Jardine, Matheson, and Co., Gibb, Livingston and Co., and Holliday, Wise and Co., the two former being still in existence.
The early abandonment of the Medical Mission property on Mirrison Hill is indicated as far back as 1858, in a plan which shows these premises, with the terse comment "ruin". This brings us to a consideration of a picturesque 'ruin which is still to be seen on Jardine's Lookout, and is illustrated here
The name of this place might be explained in more detail. Tradition has it that the heads of Jardines established a lookout point there, where it was easy to see ships arriving in Shekpywan bay, and signal the fact to East Point. In due course a house was built, on the high ridge running to Mount Caroline (a peak of over 1,400 feet which should not be confused with Caroline Hill, in Sookunpoo valley), and this ridge has ever since been known as Jardine's Lookout.
The house is probably the only ruin still remaining in the island, and is of some historic importance. Owing to the ground being subsequently incorporated in a reservoir catchment area, it has not come within the scope of the speculative builder or any Government development schene. So the ruins stand to-day, mute witness to a period of local history which deserves a permanent record; even though the crumbling bricks yearly fall away, and the site, still showing a cemented court and outhouses, is practically forgotten, except that picnickers occasionally wander amid its crumbling masonry.
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